September 29: Information and Cyber Security of Ukraine As Key to Countering External Aggression

On September 29, at 3:30 p.m., a round table talk titled “Information and Cyber Security of Ukraine As Key to Countering External Aggression” is to be held at the Ukrinform news agncy.

Organized by: Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine; Public Council under the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine.

Participants: Dmytro Zolotukhin, Deputy Minister of Information Policy of Ukraine; Artem Bidenko, State Secretary of the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine; Mykhailo Vasianovych, Chairman of the Public Council under the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine; Vadym Triukhan, Chairman of the Information Security Committee of the Public Council under the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine.

The list of speakers features people’ deputies of Ukraine, diplomats, information and cybersecurity specialists.

Points to be discussed:

  • Information and cybersecurity in Ukraine, main issues, visions of resolutions
  • Legislation on information space in Ukraine
  • Fighting Russian propaganda amid hybrid warfare unleashed by Russia against Ukraine
  • Role of the civil society in fending off threats to Ukraine’s information security
  • Communication with Ukraine’s foreign partners in ensuring the positive image of Ukraine in the international arena
  • Fighting, suppressing and preventing cybercrimes in Ukraine
  • Protecting national information space from external information influence
  • Protection from virus threats in ensuring national cybersecurity
  • Ways of development for national antivirus software

The aim is to discuss urgent issues related to the current situation of and dangers on the Internet, the dissemination of information and its use for criminal purposes.